# The SDMB has been cited on Wikipedia! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 13, 2009, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-been-cited-on-wikipedia/513626 "2009-10-13T04:48:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-been-cited-on-wikipedia/513626/1 "2009-10-13T04:48:07Z")
> **[Oriental riff](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriental_Riff)** > > The Oriental riff, also known as the East Asian riff and the Chinaman lick, is a musical riff or phrase that has often been used in Western culture as a trope to represent the idea of East or Southeast Asia. The riff is sometimes accompanied by the sound of a gong. > The Oriental riff is a Western creation. The first known example of a precursor, showing similar rhythm if not yet melody, is the "Aladdin Quick Step", composed around 1847 and used in an Aladdin stage show named The Grand Chinese Spe... I get this feeling like we’ve arrived. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-been-cited-on-wikipedia/513626/2 "2009-10-13T04:50:18Z")
Not once, but twice! The two links at the bottom go to two different threads. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-been-cited-on-wikipedia/513626/3 "2009-10-13T06:18:32Z")
I just hope it isn’t taken down by the literal deletionists who won’t recognize that having an expert talk about something is quite useful. It is technically linking to a forum–something they consider a no-no. What I find funny is I recently looked up that topic, and didn’t notice the reference. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-been-cited-on-wikipedia/513626/4 "2009-10-13T06:32:34Z")
Nope, gone now. From the history page: ``` * (cur) (prev) 06:20, 13 October 2009 72.69.141.233 (talk) (3,504 bytes) (→References: removed discussion board references) (undo) ``` ---
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-been-cited-on-wikipedia/513626/5 "2009-10-13T06:52:27Z")
Well drat. Still, I can see why they would frown on citing a message board… ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-been-cited-on-wikipedia/513626/6 "2009-10-13T12:38:39Z")
> [@Tabby\_Cat](#): > > Well drat. > > Still, I can see why they would frown on citing a message board… Because as much as we’d like to consider ourselves experts on everything under the sun, when you come right down to it we’re still just a bunch of damn message board fools who won’t go outside and play. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, people who say they consider themselves the hippest, smartest people on the planet generally are not. $14.95 a year does not an expert make. Yes, I’m crabby this morning. Why? ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-been-cited-on-wikipedia/513626/7 "2009-10-13T12:43:39Z")
Fame how fleeting ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-been-cited-on-wikipedia/513626/8 "2009-10-13T12:49:44Z")
Rather ironic, as the cited reference at [http://chinoiserie.atspace.com](http://chinoiserie.atspace.com) was written as a direct result of the [post=7481217]SDMB discussion[/post]. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-been-cited-on-wikipedia/513626/9 "2009-10-13T13:59:23Z")
At the risk of appearing immodest, my [Staff Report on the death of Lupé Vélez](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2275/did-lupe-v-lez-really-drown-in-the-toilet) was cited as an external reference in the [Wikipedia page](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupe_Velez) on the actress. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-been-cited-on-wikipedia/513626/10 "2009-10-13T14:18:06Z")
I wondered what the whoop was. There’s cites to Cecil and the Staff Reports all over the place on Wikipedia. Then I see it’s the board. Oh, that (was) interesting. A search shows a link in the following too: > **[City of Greater New York](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Greater_New_York)** > > The City of Greater New York was the term used by many politicians and scholars for the expanded City of New York created on January 1, 1898, by consolidating the existing City of New York with Brooklyn, western Queens County, and Staten Island. The section of the Bronx west of the Bronx River had been annexed to the City and County of New York in 1874 and was known as the Annexed District. The section of the Bronx east of the Bronx River had been annexed to the City and County of Ne In the y... ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-been-cited-on-wikipedia/513626/11 "2009-10-13T22:57:25Z")
I always get a kick out of checking the references on Wikipedia. Often the link to the reference no longer works. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-been-cited-on-wikipedia/513626/12 "2009-10-13T23:05:35Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > At the risk of appearing immodest, my Staff Report on the death of Lupé Vélez was cited as an external reference in the Wikipedia page on the actress. Appearing immodest? Oh, I hardly think there’s any fear of that… ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-been-cited-on-wikipedia/513626/13 "2009-10-14T02:53:54Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > At the risk of appearing immodest, my [Staff Report on the death of Lupé Vélez](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2275/did-lupe-v-lez-really-drown-in-the-toilet) was cited as an external reference in the [Wikipedia page](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupe_Velez) on the actress. Mine on [payola](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2176/whats-the-story-on-the-radio-payola-scandal-of-the-1950s) was also [cited](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payola).